Mamma Mia! Trivia
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102 free Mamma Mia! trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
54 free Mamma Mia! trivia questions with answers. Mamma Mia! started as a West End gamble and became a multibillion-dollar stage phenomenon, a record-breaking 2008 film and a sequel that gave Cher a boat and a ballad. This quiz covers all of it: how one determined producer talked Benny and Björn into it, who Sophie's three possible fathers really are, which songs were cut, where the film was actually shot, and why critics were so cruel about Pierce Brosnan's singing. It is built for anyone who can sing along to Dancing Queen without the lyrics on screen, whether you saw the show in London, wore out the DVD, or only discovered it through Here We Go Again. Questions range from easy warm-ups to details only a real fan would know. Every answer has been checked against the Wikipedia articles for the musical, both films and the ABBA song, so what you learn here you can safely repeat at your next quiz night.
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Q 01Which British playwright wrote the book for the stage musical Mamma Mia!?
Catherine Johnson
Catherine Johnson, a single mother of two herself, built the story around a single mother and her daughter, and later adapted it into the 2008 screenplay.
Q 02Which producer conceived Mamma Mia! after deciding ABBA's songs could carry a stage musical?
Judy Craymer
Judy Craymer met Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus while working for Tim Rice, then spent about ten years persuading them to let their songs become a stage musical.
Q 03Mamma Mia!'s producer met ABBA's Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus while they were writing which Tim Rice musical?
Chess
Chess paired Tim Rice's lyrics with the two ABBA songwriters' music; the producer, working for Rice at the time, pitched them her ABBA idea and was not turned down flat.
Q 04Which ABBA song first suggested to Mamma Mia!'s producer that the group's pop songs could work on stage?
The Winner Takes It All
'The Winner Takes It All' struck her as a complete story of love and loss; long before there was a plot, she had it marked as the mother's big late showstopper.
Q 05Who directed both the original stage production of Mamma Mia! and its 2008 film version?
Phyllida Lloyd
Phyllida Lloyd came from plays and opera and had never directed a musical before; she later directed Meryl Streep again in The Iron Lady.
Q 06Mamma Mia! opened in London's West End in 1999 on the 25th anniversary of which event?
ABBA's Eurovision win
ABBA's Eurovision win came in Brighton on 6 April 1974; the producer picked 6 April 1999 for opening night and called the matching date a good omen.
Q 07At which West End theatre did Mamma Mia! have its world premiere in April 1999?
Prince Edward
Prince Edward: the producer recalls it was far bigger than the venues she had been considering, so cast, set and budget all had to grow before opening night.
Q 08Mamma Mia!'s plot has been compared to which 1968 film about a mother and three possible fathers?
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell stars Gina Lollobrigida as an Italian woman collecting child support from three ex-GIs at once; the musical's writer has denied any debt to it.
Q 09What is the name of the fictional Greek island where Mamma Mia! is set?
Kalokairi
Kalokairi exists only in the story: the first film found its island scenery in Greece, while the 2018 sequel recreated it in another country altogether.
Q 10In the original London production of Mamma Mia!, Sophie's possible father Bill is a travel writer from which country?
Australia
Australia is home for the original show's Bill Austin, a writer and adventurer; the 2008 film renamed him Bill Anderson and made him a Swedish sailor, played by Stellan Skarsgård.
Q 11In Mamma Mia!, what was the name of the girl group Sophie's mother once fronted with her two best friends?
Donna and the Dynamos
Donna and the Dynamos, the trio's old act, dig out their old costumes to perform 'Super Trouper' at Sophie's hen night.
Q 12In Mamma Mia!, which song does Donna sing about the strain of keeping her taverna going alone?
Money, Money, Money
'Money, Money, Money' has Donna cleaning up her crumbling taverna as Tanya and Rosie sweep in, fantasising about a life without bills to worry about.
Q 13In Mamma Mia!, which song do Sam and Donna share in Act II as they look back on their old romance?
SOS
Q 21In the stage show Mamma Mia!, which song do Harry and Donna share as they reminisce about their fling?
Our Last Summer
'Our Last Summer' comes as Harry offers Donna a cheque towards the wedding and the two look back on their fling; the film hands the song to Sophie and all three dads instead.
Q 22For its limited six-month Broadway return in 2025, Mamma Mia! went back to which theatre?
Winter Garden
The Winter Garden was the show's first Broadway home, from October 2001; Meryl Streep saw it there that autumn and sent the cast a fan letter, years before the film.
Q 23In July 2024, the West End's Mamma Mia! celebrated which milestone performance?
10,000th
'SOS' follows an argument between the two in Act II; for all the sniping, both wish their romance of twenty years earlier had turned out differently.
Q 14In Mamma Mia!, Rosie makes her move on Bill in the second act with which ABBA song?
Take a Chance on Me
'Take a Chance on Me' is Rosie's pitch to Bill just after he swears he is single for life; he is about to give in when the wedding guests arrive.
Q 15In Mamma Mia!, which song do Donna and Sophie share while Donna helps her dress for the wedding?
Slipping Through My Fingers
'Slipping Through My Fingers' is Donna's lament at how fast her daughter has grown up; by the end of the scene Sophie asks her mother, not a father, to give her away.
Q 16In Mamma Mia!, what does Harry reveal about himself during the wedding scene?
He is in a gay relationship
He is in a gay relationship, Harry announces at the wedding, just as all three men agree to share Sophie rather than find out which of them is her father.
Q 17At the climax of the stage show Mamma Mia!, which couple actually gets married?
Donna and Sam
Donna and Sam marry on the spot: Sophie calls off her own ceremony to go travelling instead, so Sam proposes with the priest still standing by.
Q 18In Mamma Mia!, which ABBA hit do Tanya and Rosie use to cheer Donna up after 'Chiquitita'?
Dancing Queen
'Dancing Queen' follows straight on from 'Chiquitita', her friends insisting the Donna who was the life of the party is still in there; it returns in the encore.
Q 19Who originated the role of Donna in the West End?
Siobhán McCarthy
She earned an Olivier nomination for Best Actress in a Musical in 2000.
Q 20Jenny Galloway won which award in 2000 for playing Rosie in the original cast of Mamma Mia!?
An Olivier Award
An Olivier Award for best supporting performance in a musical went to Jenny Galloway, who beat her own castmate Louise Plowright, nominated in the same category as Tanya.
The 10,000th performance came on 17 July 2024 at the Novello, even though the COVID-19 shutdown had kept the show dark from March 2020 to August 2021.
Q 24Which Las Vegas resort hosted Mamma Mia! from 2003 to 2009?
Mandalay Bay
Mandalay Bay housed Mamma Mia! for nearly six years, until January 2009; the resort then gave the same theatre to Disney's The Lion King.
Q 25In Mamma Mia!, which ABBA song does Sophie sing as the prologue, posting invitations to her possible fathers?
I Have a Dream
'I Have a Dream' opens the show as Sophie posts three invitations behind her mother's back; she sings it again at the very end, as she leaves the island to see the world.
Q 26In the 2008 film Mamma Mia!, Meryl Streep's character runs a hotel called what?
Villa Donna
Villa Donna is the crumbling hotel of the first film; in the sequel her daughter reopens it as the Hotel Bella Donna in her honour.
Q 27Who plays banker Harry Bright in the 2008 film Mamma Mia!?
Colin Firth
Colin Firth plays Harry Bright; he called the offer a joy, but wondered whether the film-makers really understood what they were getting themselves into.
Q 28Who plays three-time divorcée Tanya in the 2008 film Mamma Mia!?
Christine Baranski
Christine Baranski plays Tanya opposite Julie Walters's Rosie; the casting team had other names listed but settled on her as soon as they heard her sing.
Q 29Which Greek island was the main filming location for the 2008 film Mamma Mia!?
Skopelos
Skopelos supplied Kastani beach, where the crew built a bar and jetty and removed both afterwards; most of the film was actually shot on studio sets in England.
Q 30The hotel set for the 2008 film Mamma Mia! was built on the 007 Stage at which British studio?
Pinewood
Pinewood's 007 Stage held the whole hotel, planted with real trees that had to be kept alive; ex-Bond Pierce Brosnan found the 007 logo painted outside his dressing room.